Cleaning device



N0. 6l2,7ll. Patented 00f. I3, I898.

- J. R. DEVEB.

CLEANING DEVICE.

(Application filed Sept. 14, 1897.)

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JAMES R. DEVER, OF OLYMPIA, lVASI-IINGTON.

CLEANING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,711, dated October, 18, 1898.. Application filcd ptemberl l, 1897. Serial No. 651,611. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES R. DEVER, of Olympia, in the county of Thurston and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Oleaning Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cleaning device more especially designed for cleaning windows and washing walls and other objects in a very simple and effective manner, the amount of water to be used being completely under the control of the operator manipulating the device.

This invention consists in such peculiar features of construction and combinations as will be fully described hereinafter and defined in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improvement with part in section and arranged as a brush, and Fig. 3 is a face view of the brush-back.

The improved cleaning device is provided with a faucet A, having its body A preferably made L- shaped, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1, and in the said body is mounted a plug A under the control of the operator for regulating the amount of water flowing through One end of the body A is adapted to be connected with a hose B, leading to a water-supply, and the other end of the said body A is adapted to support a brush E, as illustrated in Fig. l. The faucet A is further provided at its body A with lugs A pivotally connected by a clam ping-screw F to the eye G of a socket G, secured to one end of ahandle 11, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator for manipulating the cleaning device, so as to actuate the scraper C or the I brush E for cleaning purposes in the usual manner. By the use of the clamping-screw F the faucet-body A, can be moved in an angular position relatively to the handle 11, so as to enable the operator to properly apply the brush upon the article under treatment.

The brush'E is provided with a back E,

. from the front end of which project the usual bristles E and on the rear face of which is secured a nut E adapted to screw on an external thread A, formed on the upper end of the faucet-body A. Apertures F. are formed in the back E at or near the center of the said brush, so that water passing through the faucet-body A is directed through the said apertures to the bristles of the brush and to the object to be cleaned, thus facilitating the removal of dirt and other impurities from the object under treatment.

It may be seen that by the pivotal connec tion between the faucet-body A and the handle H the two parts can be brought into proper relation, so as to enable the operator to work the brush to the best advantage in cleaning an object.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination of a handle, a socket attached rigidly thereto and having an eye, a faucet provided with a body portion having two lugs, a connection between said lugs and the eye of the socket, the faucet being capable of connection with a hose leading from a water-supply, and a brush having a back with perforations therein and having a nut sunk in the back adjacent to said perforations, the nut being capable of engaging with the discharge end of the. body of the faucet so that the water from the faucet will be sprayed through the perforations in the back of the brush.

JAMES R. nnvnn.

Witnesses: Gnoncn ANDERSON, Gno. II. FUNK. 

